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PETRO TAKES THE FIRST STEP TOWARD “TOTAL PEACE” BY RE-INITIATING THE DIALOGS WITH THE ELN
By Ovidio Castro Medina for EFE, EL ESPECTADOR, November 20, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/politica/petro-da-el-primer-paso-para-paz-total-con-reinicio-de-dialogos-con-el-eln/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The … Read More »
PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO TOLD THE CATTLE RANCHERS UP FRONT THAT CATTLE RANCHING “IS BRINGING US CLOSER TO THE EXTINCTION OF OUR SPECIES”: HE FOLLOWED UP WITH MEASURES TO REDUCE IT
SEMANA, November 20, 2022 https://www.semana.com/politica/articulo/presidente-gustavo-petro-dijo-que-la-ganaderia-nos-acerca-a-la-extincion-de-la-especie-y-hablo-de-medidas-para-reducirla-en-colombia/202242/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The Chief Executive insisted that 15 million hectares … Read More »
TOTAL PEACE, JUSTICE, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE VICTIMS
By Rodrigo Uprimny*, EL ESPECTADOR, November 6, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/rodrigo-uprimny/paz-total-justicia-y-derechos-de-las-victimas/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The administration’s “total peace” … Read More »
UNRAVELING TWO GORDIAN KNOTS
By María Teresa Ronderos, EL ESPECTADOR, November 6, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/maria-teresa-ronderos/desatar-dos-nudos-gordianos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) A recent meeting … Read More »
PETRO AND SANTOS MET TO ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT
By Gloria Castrillón Pulido, COLOMBIA+20, EL ESPECTADOR, October 30, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/paz-y-memoria/gustavo-petro-y-juan-manuel-santos-reunion-para-hablar-del-acuerdo-de-paz/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) President Gustavo … Read More »
THE DEBATE ON TAX REFORM
By Rodrigo Uprimny, EL ESPECTADOR, October 23, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The tax reform bill contains … Read More »
CSN NEWSLETTER – Fall 2022
This Fall 2022 edition of Action in Colombia features the following articles:
• Petro Puts his Trust in Life by Father Alejandro Angulo S. J., of CINEP in Bogota (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator);
• All-In on Petro by Jack Norman, retired journalist and NGO analyst, Milwaukee and Medellin;
• Petro: Drug Trafficking and Global Warming, by Francisco Ramirez Cuellar, CSN Board of Directors and Colombian attorney, Boston and Bogota (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator);
• Illicit Crop Substitution, Agroecology, and Gustavo’s Path Forward in Colombia, by Veronica Limeberry, Doctoral Candidate, American University, Washington, D.C.
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A BLOODY PEACE Message from the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
November 3, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The repression and attacks on our Peace Community of San … Read More »
THE DRAFT OF AN “UNPRECEDENTED” DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO “REDISTRIBUTE RESOURCES” HAS BEEN FILED
EL ESPECTADOR, November 15, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/politica/gobierno-radico-borrador-de-un-plan-de-desarrollo-inedito-para-redistribuir-recursos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) As President Gustavo completed the first 100 … Read More »
THE REPORT OF THE GLOBAL COMMISSION ON DRUG POLICY CALLS FOR LEGALIZATION IN COLOMBIA
EL ESPECTADOR, November 9, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/mundo/america/informe-de-comision-global-de-politica-de-drogas-pide-legalizacion-en-colombia-noticias-hoy/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The former Presidents Juan Manuel Santos and … Read More »